On fixing a rented premises at No
8 Third Main Road , Seethammal Colony at Alwarpet, the Commissions office was
shiftedon 6-9-99.

The second Member Thiru
D.S.Hanumantha Raoassumed charge on
22.9.1999.

The Commission, with two of its
members in place, started drafting the Conduct of Business Regulations and
State Advisory Committee Regulation and collection ofrelevant details for the State Grid Code,
Distribution Code, tariff filing guidelines etc.,

Year
2000

The
Commissions location and address etc., were notified in the gazette on 23-2-2000.

In exercise of the
powers conferred on it by Section 58 of the ERC Act, TNERC finalized the Conduct
of Business Regulations and State Advisory Committee Regulation and
published them in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Part  VI Section-2 (Supplement) dated 17.5.2000.

The
Commission has
been equipped with all the infra structures as planned . This include the Court Hall,
Conference room, audio visual system,
computerization, air conditioning and furnitures.

Consultants ( one
for technical and the other for finance) were appointed on a short term basis for a period
of three months to assist the commission in the respective areas

Secretary of the
Commission was appointed on 3-10-2000.

Finalised the tariff filing guidelines and ARR
formats and forwarded them to TNEB for advance preparation towards the next tariff revision

Year
2001

Member Thiru E.C.Arunachalam attended the first Executive
Exchange for South Asia Energy Regulation Partnership conducted by United States Energy
Association during 24.02.2001 to 03.03.2001 at Washington / Austin, U.S.A.

A booklet titled
Conceptual Issues involved in Electricity Tariff Design for Tamil Nadu Electricity
Board was brought out and 10,000 copies are circulated amongst various sections of
public.

The website
http://www.tnerc.org was developed

Member Thiru
D.S.Hanumantha Rao, retired on 5-6-2001 attaining 62 years of age. His tenure of 21 months
would be remembered for his stellar contribution in formative works of the Commission

The Government of Tamilnadu constituted
a selection committee headed by Justice A.M. Ali Mohammad (Retd.) for selection of the
vacant posts of Chairperson and second Member to the Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory
Commission vide G.O Ms.No 61 Energy(A1) Department Dated: 12-09-2001.

The Government of Tamilnadu revised the
"Tariff Rate on Supply of Electrical Energy" vide G.O Ms No 95
ENERGY (C2) DEPARTMENT dated: 28-11-2001 and G.O Ms No 96 ENERGY (C3) DEPARTMENT
dated:05-12-2001, which came in to force on 01-12-2001. Consumer Groups and various
other stakeholders have challenged the revision of tariff by the Government in the
High Court through writ petitions

The selection Committee headed by
Justice A.M. Ali Mohammad held its second meeting on 10-12-2001 and recommended a
panel of names for the vacant Member posts of Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory
Commission.

Year
2002

The
Government of Tamilnadu did not accept the panel of names suggested by the selection
committee headed by Justice A.M. Ali Mohammad (Retd.) and constituted a new selection
committee headed by Justice A. Raman (Retd.) for selection of the vacant posts of
Chairperson and second Member to the Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission vide G.O
Ms.No 19 Energy Department Dated: 21.2.2002.

Member
Thiru E.C.Arunachalam attended the training program on "Stakeholder Role in
Successful Regulation" conducted by the United States Agency for International
Development (USAID) held from 4-3-2002 to 8-3-2002 at Bentota, Srilanka.

The
selection Committee headed by Justice A. Raman (Retd.) held its first meeting on
10-03-2002. The committee held its second meeting on 25-04-2002 and recommended a panel of
names for the vacant posts of Chairperson and second Member to the Tamil Nadu Electricity
Regulatory Commission.

Based
on the selection committee's recommendations, the Government of Tamilnadu made the
following appointments to the Commission vide G.O. Ms No (Energy (A1) Department) dated:
12-06-2002.

The
Honorable High Court in its judgment delivered on 14-06-2002, upheld the power tariff
revision made by the Government of Tamilnadu in December 2001 but made it clear that
henceforth the tariff should be revised only by the State regulatory Commission

Tamil
Nadu Electricity Board filed a Tariff revision petition on 25.09.2002 along with the ARR.

State
Advisory Committee was constituted on 16.10.2002 and its first meeting was held on
7.11.2002.

The
Government of Tamilnadu constituted a selection committee headed by Justice A. Raman
(Retd.) for selection of forthcoming vacant post of a Member vide G.O Ms. No 108 Energy
(A1) Department Dated: 27.11.2002.

Member
Thiru E.C.Arunachalam, retired on 15-12-2002 attaining 62 years of age. His tenure of 3
years and 5 months would be remembered for his stellar contribution in the formative stage
and in the maiden tariff exercise of the Commission.

The
selection Committee headed by Justice A. Raman (Retd.) for the selection of Member for the
vacant post held its first meeting on 30.12.2002.

Year
2003

The Second meeting of
the selection committee was held on 3.2.2003.

Commission issued its
maiden
Tariff Order on 15.3.2003 which will be
applicable for the full Financial year 2003-2004.

Secretary to the
Commission Thiru R.Balasubramanian retired upon superannuation on 31.04.2003. He was
reappointed by the commission w.e.f 01.05.2003 for a period of one year.

The third meeting of
the selection committee for the selection of the member held on 22.5.2003.

The second meeting of
the State Advisory Committee was held on 13.06.2003 and discussed on the post tariff order
scenario and the major issues involved in Electricity Act 2003.

Year
2004

The first meeting of the new selection committee
constituted as per the Electricity Act 2003 held on 05.03.2004

The tenure of the Secretary to the Commission Thiru
R.Balasubramanian which expired on 30.04.2004 was further extended for a
period of one year from 01.05.2004.

The second selection committee meeting held on
29.05.2004 and recommended a panel of names for the existing vacant Member
post.

Based on the selection committee's recommendations, the Government of Tamilnadu appointed
Thiru B.Jeyaraman Chief Engineer / TNEB (Retd) as Member to the Commission vide G.O. Ms No
105 (Energy (A1) Department) dated:
18-06-2004.

Thiru
B.Jeyaraman assumed charge
as Member on 30.06.2004

As per
the requirements prescribed in Electricity Act 2003, Commission nominated
the Secretary to Government, Co-operation, Food and Consumer protection as
ex-officio member of SAC and notified the same on 10.11.2004

Conducted two meetings of the State Advisory Committee, to discuss on open
access regulations and tariff regulations.

Year
2005

Approval of the Licensing Regulations
(Transmission, Distribution and Trading), revised Tariff Regulations, Intra State Open

Access Regulations and State Grid Code

In continuation and in conformity
with the regulations issued for consumer grievance redressal forums (CGRF)
and Ombudsman, the Commission ensured the formation of 37 such Forums, one
in each distribution circle of TNEB and made them operational. In order to
deal with the appeal provisions against the orders of these Forums to the
Ombudsman, the Commission, as an interim arrangement designated its
Secretary as the Ombudsman

A consumer advocacy wing has been
established in the Commission to disseminate the information on consumer
rights and responsibilities
through various means, including publication of a quarterly magazine,
workshops with NGOs at each district, road shows, radio talks
etc.,

Year
2006

Thiru
A.Balraj I.A.S.,(Retd) completed his term as Chairman of the Commission on
6-7-2006 on attaining the age of 65 years. Government appointed Thiru
S.Kabilan I.A.S., (Retd) as the next Chairman. He is yet to join

Thiru
S. Thangarathnam, and Thiru B. Jeyaraman continue to be the Members during
the year.

The
State Advisory Committee was reconstituted on 1-6-2006

Approved
the tariff order (Order No 2) on transmission and wheeling charges

Approved
the order ( Order No 3) on purchase of power from non conventional energy
sources (NCES) based generating plants

Approved
the order ( Order No 4) on purchase of power from fossil fuel based captive
generating plants and co-generation plants

Appointment
of Thiru R.Raju Pandi as regular State Electricity Ombudsman

Developed
a Regulatory Information Management System (RIMS) and hosted it on its
website

Conducted
four State Advisory Committee meetings during the year to discuss the
concept paper on tariff categorization, introduction of Intra State ABT,
approval for power purchase agreement submitted by M/s Cuddalore Power
Corporation Ltd and electricity Trading License
application from M/s Global Energy Ltd , New Delhi

Publication
of a quarterly magazine “ Min Nugarvor Thunaivan” , Radio talks in All India
Radio and issue of booklets ( English and Tamil) in the form of frequently
asked question (FAQ) with answer.

Commission received revenue of Rs 36,83,552 ,by way of fees and fines, and
other miscellaneous receipts during the financial year and can be expected to become a self
sustained body in the near future.

Year
2007

Thiru.S.Kabilan
assumed charge as Chairman on 3-1-2007. Thiru S.Thangarathnam , Member
completed his term on 2-4-2007. Government appointed Thiru. R. Rajupandi in
his place. Thiru R. Rajupandi took charge as a member of the Commission on
21-06-2007. Thiru B. Jeyaraman and Thiru.R.Rajupandi are the two Members
at present. Thiru R.Balasubramanian continues as the Secretary of the
Commission.

State
Advisory Committee was reconstituted on 28.12.2007. The Commission conducted
two State Advisory Committee meetings to discuss “Draft regulation on Power
procurement from New and Renewable sources of energy 2007” and “Draft
regulation on Multi Year Tariff (MYT)”.

During
the year, the State Coordination Forum met on 14-11-2007 and discussed the
current scenario with regard to generation, transmission and distribution
and the 11th plan schemes, sourcing of capital expenditure for
generation and other matters

Subsequent to the appointment of Electricity
Ombudsman Thiru.R.Rajupandi, as Member of the Commission, Thiru.
R.Balasubramanian, Secretary of the Commission was designated as
Electricity Ombudsman from 06.07.2007.

Year
2008

Approved the Regulation “ Power Procurement from
New and Renewable Sources of Energy Regulations 2008.”

Issued a Suo Motu order on the tariff for
purchase of power from grid connected Solar Power with Photo Voltaic /
Thermal generation

Approval of the power purchase
agreement of M/s Cuddalore Power Corporation Ltd., with TNEB for sale of
power from the proposed 2 x 660 MW Thermal generating station at Cuddalore

Commission’s office was shifted to the new
premises at the second floor of TIDCO Complex at 19-A Rukmini Lakshmipathy
Salai ( Marshalls Road) , Egmore, Chennai 600 008

Year
2009

Meeting of Forum of Regulators (FOR) and Research Conference
of Forum of Indian Regulators (FOIR) were held at Chennai on 30-1-2009.

During the year , the State Advisory Committee was
reconstituted on 19-10-2009 and three State Advisory Committee Meetings were
held on 16-2-2009,
26-2-2009 and 23-12-2009.

State Co-ordination
Forum meeting was held on 18-2-2009.

Public hearing was held on 5-3-2009 at Naradha Gana Sabha
Hall, Chennai regarding the tariff
determination and allied issues for purchase of power by the distribution
licensee from wind, bio-mass and bagasse based co-generation were conducted.

The Multi Year Tariff Regulations were notified on
11-3-2009.

During the year, the Commission has passed a suo motu
comprehensive tariff order on wind energy vide Order No.1 of 2009 dated
20-3-2009.

The Commission has passed a suo motu comprehensive tariff
order for Biomass based power plants vide Order No.2 of 2009 dated 27-4-2009.

The Commission has passed a suo motu comprehensive tariff
order for Bagasse based Co-generation plants vide Order No.3 of 2009 dated
6-5-2009.

Thiru. B. Jeyaraman, Member demitted office on 29-6-2009. Consequenton the demitting
of office by Thiru.B.Jeyaraman, Member of the Commission,
Thiru. K. Venugopal was appointed by the
Government of Tamilnadu as Member and assumed charge on 23-9-2009.

Commission conducted a seminar on “Protection of Consumers
under the Electricity Act 2003” on 16-9-2009.

The Senior Deputy Accountant General, TNEB has issued the
Audit Certificate on the Accounts of Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory
Commission on
20-10-2009.

The 8th Meeting of SERF was held at Madurai on
8-12-2009.

Thiru. S.P. Ezhilazhagan, Public Relations Officer was
nominated as the Public Information Officer and the Secretary of the Commission
Thiru. R. Balasubramanian is the Appellate Authority.

Year
2010

The State Advisory Committee was reconstituted on 3-3-2010
and three meetings were held on 11-3-2010, 3-5-2010 and 18-5-2010.

Public hearings were held on 30-3-2010 at Chennai, 8-4-2010
at Madurai, 13-4-2010 at Coimbatore and 15-4-2010 at Tiruchirappalli on Tariff Petition
(T.P.1 of 2010) filed by TNEB for increase in the electricity tariff to certain
categories of consumers with effect from 1-4-2010.

Thiru. R. Balasubramanian, Secretary demitted office on
4-4-2010.

Thiru. R.V. Rajah, Chief Engineer / TNEB on deputation to TNERC as Secretary
assumed charge on 10-5-2010.He retired
from the services of TNEB on attaining the age of superannuation on
31-8-2010.Consequent on the retirement,
he had been appointed as Secretary of the Commission on contract basis for an
initial period of nine months from
1-9-2010 to 31-5-2011.

Thiru. R. Rajupandi,
Member demitted office on 4-5-2010.Consequent on his demitting office, Thiru. S. Nagalsamy was appointed by
the Government of Tamilnadu as Member and assumed charge on 21-9-2010.

During the year, the State Co-ordination Forum was
reconstituted on 2-6-2010.

Tmt. K. Shanthi, Public Relations Officer was nominated as
the Public Information Officer and the Secretary of the Commission
Thiru. R.V. Rajah is the Appellate Authority.

Thiru. S. Chockalingam, Legal Consultant, TNERC is
designated as Electricity Ombudsman until the appointment of a regular State
Electricity Ombudsman with effect from 1-11-2010.

The Senior Deputy Accountant General, TNEB has issued the
Audit Certificate on the Accounts of Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory
Commission for the year 2009-2010on
4-11-2010.

21st Meeting of Forum of Regulators (FOR) was
held at Chennai on 28-11-2010.

Year
2011

The
Government have reconstituted the State Co-ordination Forum in
G.O.Ms.No.2, Energy (C3) Department, dated 11-1-2011.

The
22nd Meeting of State Advisory Committee was convened on 1-3-2011 to
discuss “the Restructuring of Tamil Nadu Electricity Board and the
experience thereafter”.

Thiru. S. Gunasekaran, Former Member (Distribution) / TNEB (Retired) was
appointed as Secretary in this Commission on contract basis for a period
of one year from 1-6-2011 and he assumed charge on the forenoon of
1-6-2011.

The
Government in G.O.Ms.No.65, Energy (A1) Department dated 2.7.2010,
accorded approval for the change of nomenclature of the post of
“Marshall” sanctioned in G.O.Ms.No.80, Energy (A1) Department dated
19-8-2010 to that of “Chobdar” in the pay band PB-1A Rs.4800-10000/- +
Grade Pay Rs.1300/-. Thiru. N. Ranganadhan, Retired Sub-Inspector of
Police was appointed as Chobdar in the Commission on contract basis for
a period of one year and joined duty on 1-6-2011.

The
Commission has designated Thiru. S. Gunasekaran, Secretary as the
Appellate Authority under the Right to Information Act 2005 (Act 22 of
2005) with effect from 2-6-2011.

The
Commission has designated Thiru. S. Gunasekaran, Secretary as the
Appellate Authority for Electricity Ombudsman under the Right to
Information Act 2005 (Act 22 of 2005) with effect from 2-6-2011.

Thiru. K. Venugopal and Thiru. S. Nagalsamy, Members of Tamil Nadu
Electricity Regulatory Commission have participated in the Orientation
Programme for Chairpersons / Members, Officers of Electricity Regulatory
Commissions at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, along with a
study visit to Folsom, San Francisco, Sacramento, Berkeley, Bakersfield
(CA) in USA from 3rd June to 11th June, 2011.

The
Commission has designated Thiru. V.R. Navaneethakrishnakumar, Public
Relations Officer as the Public Information Officer of TNERC under the
Right to Information Act 2005 (Act 22 of 2005) with effect from
15-7-2011.

The
Commission has designated Thiru. V.R. Navaneethakrishnakumar, Public
Relations Officer as the Public Information Officer for Electricity
Ombudsman under the Right to Information Act 2005 (Act 22 of 2005) with
effect from 15-7-2011.

The
Government in G.O.Ms.No.101, Energy (A1) Department, dated 19.10.2010,
accorded approval for the creation of the post of “Electricity
Ombudsman”. Thiru. A. Dharmaraj, Retired Chief Engineer(Planning) /
TNEB (Retired) was appointed as Electricity Ombudsman for a period of
one year and he assumed charge on the forenoon of 8-8-2011.

The
Senior Deputy Accountant General, Resident Audit Office, TNEB has
issued the Audit Certificate on the Accounts of Tamil Nadu Electricity
Regulatory Commission for the year 2010-2011 on 14-9-2011.

TANGEDCO Limited and TANTRANSCO Limited have filed tariff application
before the Commission on 17-11-2011 for preliminary true-up and approval
of Aggregate Revenue Requirement (ARR) for the year 2010-11 and approval
of ARR for the year 2011-12 and 2012-13 under Multi Year and also
applied for tariff revision with effect from 1.4.2012 or earlier.

The
Commission has engaged M/s. ICRA Management Consultancy Services
Limited, Chennai-35 as a Consultant for assisting the Commission on “the
review and analysis of true up petition for the Financial Year 2010-11,
Revised ARR for FY 2011-12 and FY 2012-13 and tariff petition for the FY
2012-13 filed by TANGEDCO Limited and TANTRANSCO Limited and for
finalization of Tariff Orders.

The
Government in G.O.Ms.No.529, Law (OP III) Department, dated 24-11-2011
have posted Thiru. K. Veeramani, Joint Secretary to Government, Law Department as
Director (Legal) in the Commission on foreign service terms and
conditions of deputation. He joined in this Commission as Director
(Legal) on the forenoon of 24-11-2011.

The
Commission had reconstituted the State Advisory Committee in
Commission’s Notification No.TNERC/SACR/2-30, dated 19-12-2011 with 14 SAC Members and 4 Ex-officio Members.

Year 2012

·The State Advisory
Committee was re-constituted on 02.01.2012. The reconstituted State Advisory
Committee has fourteen members and four Ex-officio members.

·The second meeting of the
Working Group on “Renewable Energy” was held on 12.01.2012 at Hotel Ambassador
Pallava, Egmore, Chennai.

·The State Advisory
Committee Meeting was held on 27.01.2012 to discuss the Tariff petition T.P.No.1
of 2011 filed by TANGEDCO & T.P.No.2 of 2011 filed by TANTRANSCO. Public
hearings were also conducted at Chennai, Coimbatore, Tiruchirappalli and
Madurai, on 30.01.2012, 02.02.2012, 06.02.2012 and 10.02.2012 respectively.

·The 28th meeting of FOR
was held on 03.02.2012 at Bodh Gaya, Bihar.

·The 6th meeting of State
Co-ordination of TNERC was held on 15.02.2012.

·FOIR Workshop / Research
conference was held on 1st and 2nd March 2012 at Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

·Commission issued
Suo-Motu Order No.1 of 2012, dated 15.03.2012 in the matter of non-acceptance of
meters by TANGEDCO in case consumer elects to purchase a meter.

·Commission issued Orders
for determination of Intra-State Transmission Tariff and other related charges
vide Order No.T.O.2 of 2012 dated 30.03.2012, effective from 01.04.2012.

·Commission issued
Provision of Tariff Subsidy for the year 2012-13 by the Government of Tamil Nadu
vide T.O.No.1-1, dated 02.05.2012.

·Thiru.S.Nagalsamy, Member
has attended the 19th Steering Committee Meeting of South Asia Forum of
Infrastructure Regulation (SAFIR) held at Dhaka (Bangladesh) during 9th – 10th
May, 2012.

·13th Annual General Body
meeting of Forum of Indian Regulators (FOIR) was held on 06.06.2012 at New
Delhi.

·Thiru.V.Prabukumar,
Public Relations Officer of the Commission has been nominated as the Public
Information Officer. The Secretary of the Commission, Thiru.S.Gunasekaran has
been nominated as the Appellate Authority.

·Commission conducted two
Stakeholder’s hearing at the Conference Hall of the Institution of
Engineers(India) on 08.06.2012 and 10.07.2012.

·Commission has conducted
an Interactive Session on “Relationship between the Electricity Regulatory
Commission, State Government, Utilities, Consumers & Advocates” presided over by
Hon’ble Justice Thiru.M.Karpagavinayagam, Chairperson, Appellate Tribunal for
Electricity on 17.06.2012 at GRT Grand, T.Nagar.

·12th meeting of Southern
Electricity Regulators Forum (SERF) was convened on 25.06.2012 at the Office of
the Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission.

·The 6th meeting of State
Co-ordination of TNERC was held on 11.07.2012.

·Commission issued Order
No.8 of 2012 dated 31.07.2012 on “Comprehensive Tariff Order for Biomass Based
Power Plants”. The control period of the Order is two years from 01.08.2012 and
the tariff period is for 20 years.

·Commission issued Order
No.7 of 2012 dated 31.07.2012 on “Comprehensive Tariff Order for Bagasse Based
Co-generation Plants”. The control period of the Order is two years from
01.08.2012 and the tariff period is for 20 years.